Anna's Archive
- Type
- collection
- Venue
- Anna's Archive (Pirate Library Mirror project)
- Year
- 2026
- Source
- annas-archive
- Access
- free
- Language
- Multilingual
- Added
- 2026-07-17T20:18:03.565254+00:00
- Verified
- 2026-07-17T20:18:03.565254+00:00
Summary
Anna's Archive is an open-source search engine for shadow libraries launched in November 2022 by the pseudonymous 'Anna Archivist' after law enforcement efforts shut down Z-Library. It aggregates metadata and download links from LibGen, Sci-Hub, Z-Library, and other sources, indexing over 33 million books and 84 million articles. The site calls itself 'the largest truly open library in human history' and aims to catalog all books in existence, though it has faced legal action and government blocks for large-scale copyright infringement.
Keywords
shadow-library books papers search-engine libgen scihub z-library open-access piracy multilingual
Topics
Public Domain Books / Multi-domain
Research notes
- The URL in the batch is the search page. Anna's Archive does not host files directly but links to third-party downloads and IPFS. It has been subject to legal action from OCLC, Meta, Spotify, Nvidia, and publishers. Multiple mirror domains exist (annas-archive.pk, .gd, .gl, etc.).